2006 Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Race 2 of 14

St. Petersburg
100 laps
Time of race: 1:56:57.5172
Average speed of winner: 92.340 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 11 laps
Fastest lap: Tony Kanaan 101.912
Lap leaders: Franchitti 1-14, Dixon 15-34, Hornish 35-36, Dixon 37-44, Castroneves 45-54, Rice 55-62, Castroneves 63-87, Dixon 88-95, Castroneves 96-100

Race notes: Hélio Castroneves took the points lead from Dan Wheldon.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Hélio Castroneves	3	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.270	100	3	40	running	125800	53
2	2	Scott Dixon	9	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	103.522	100	3	36	running	94850	40
3	3	Tony Kanaan	11	Team 7-Eleven	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.493	100	0	0	running	78750	35
4	6	Bryan Herta	7	XM Satellite Radio	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	103.058	100	0	0	running	63000	32
5	12	Vitor Meira	4	Econova Panther	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Panther	101.217	100	0	0	running	59300	30
6	14	Danica Patrick	16	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	100.553	100	0	0	running	50200	28
7	9	Kosuke Matsuura	55	Panasonic ARTA	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	101.562	100	0	0	running	48700	26
8	4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	6	Marlboro Team Penske	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Penske	103.389	99	1	2	running	47400	24
9	16	Felipe Giaffone	14	ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Foyt	99.106	99	0	0	running	47400	22
10	15	Scott Sharp	8	Delphi	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Fernandez	99.909	99	0	0	running	45900	20
11	17	Eddie Cheever	51	Cheever Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Cheever	98.860	99	0	0	running	44400	19
12	8	Tomas Scheckter	2	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	101.704	96	0	0	accident	43100	18
13	7	Buddy Rice	15	Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Rahal	101.943	96	1	8	accident	41800	17
14	18	Buddy Lazier	5	Dreyer & Reinbold Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Dreyer and Reinbold	97.822	59	0	0	mechanical	40200	16
15	10	Marco Andretti	26	NYSE Group	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	101.432	58	0	0	half shaft	38900	15
16	13	Dan Wheldon	10	Target Chip Ganassi Racing	Panoz	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	101.208	57	0	0	accident	37500	14
17	19	P.J. Chesson	91	Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Hemelgarn	94.150	55	0	0	suspension	36100	13
18	11	Roberto Moreno	20	Vision Racing	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Vision	101.336	32	0	0	steering	36100	12
19	1	Dario Franchitti	27	Klein Tools/Jim Beam	Dallara	Honda	Firestone	Andretti Green	104.054	15	1	14	wheel bearing	44600	12

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Hélio Castroneves	93	2	0	1	2	2
2	Scott Dixon	70	2	0	0	2	2
3	Dan Wheldon	64	2	0	1	1	1
4	Sam Hornish, Jr.	62	2	1	0	1	2
5	Tony Kanaan	54	2	0	0	1	1
6	Kosuke Matsuura	54	2	0	0	0	2
7	Bryan Herta	49	2	0	0	1	1
8	Scott Sharp	46	2	0	0	0	2
9	Felipe Giaffone	46	2	0	0	0	2
10	Dario Franchitti	44	2	1	0	1	1
11	Vitor Meira	44	2	0	0	1	1
12	Tomas Scheckter	40	2	0	0	0	1
13	Eddie Cheever	39	2	0	0	0	1
14	Danica Patrick	35	2	0	0	0	1
15	Buddy Lazier	32	2	0	0	0	0
16	P.J. Chesson	31	2	0	0	0	0
17	Marco Andretti	30	2	0	0	0	0
18	Buddy Rice	23	2	0	0	0	0
19	Roberto Moreno	12	1	0	0	0	0
20	Paul Dana	6	1	0	0	0	0
21	Ed Carpenter	6	1	0	0	0	0